A dermatomal pain referral pattern (cervical radiculopathy) might the result of what problem in the cervical region?

- IVF encroachment, compromising the nerve root

Why are most cervical radiculopathy's sensory related?

Because the posterior nerve root is located more superior in the IVF, it is more exposed.

A cervical myelopathy can cause what problems?

- Spinal canal stenosis from disc protrusion or osteophytes
- Upper motor neuron involvement with a gradual onset of weakness and loss of motor control, including radiating pain and numbness.

DJD in the hands causes what "nodes" in the DIPs?

- Heberden's nodes (bony projection arising from any bone that develops from cartilage. The projections are about the size of a pea or smaller, found on the DIPs of the fingers in osteoarthritis, which are enlargements of the tubercles at the articular extremities of the distal phalanges.)